Headband terminal



Dec. 17, 1946. w, MORGAN HEAD BAND TERMINAL Filed June 12, 1942 I I I Inventor Myaw ' I Attorneys Patented Dec. 17, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HEADBAND TERMINAL William E. Morgan, San Francisco, Calif. Application June 12, 1942, Serial No..446,845 3 Claims. (Cl. 179-456) The invention relates to improved terminals for the headbands of hearing devices and the like, and the primary object of the invention is to provide terminals which more evenly and comfortably distribute the pressure of the headband against the head of the wearer, at the end of the spring band opposite the hearing appliance.

Other important objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from a reading of the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein for purposes of illustration preferred embodiments of the in- V vention are shown.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a general perspective view showing an arrangement in accordance with the invention on the head-of a wearer.

Figure 2 is an enlarged outside elevational view of one form of the invention.

Figure 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken through Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the blank from which this form of terminal is constructed.

Referring in detail to the drawing, showing a preferred form of terminal for use on the free end of hearing devices and headphone sets headbands or spring straps, it being understood that the free ends of said bands and straps are usually uniform in width with the remainder of the band or strap, the numeral 5 designates the enlarged cushion terminal in accordance with the present invention. This form comprises a blank of sheet metal or other hard suitable substance in thin plate form, providing the generally similar oblong sections 6 and 1 connected in end to end relation and substantially wider than the strap or band 8. As shown in Figure 4 the lower end portion of the lower section 2' is provided with a rectangular opening 9 of -a width to receive the strap 8, while the upper end of the upper section 6 is provided with a T-shaped extension It and two diagonally arranged ears II, the standard portion of the T It being subtended by the fold lines l2 on which the arms of the cross head of the T are to be bent inwardly over each other and around the strap 8, with the strap inserted through the opening 9 as indicated in Figure 3 of the drawing, when the lower section 1 is folded up against the upper section 6. Theears H are adapted to be bent over the edge of the upper end portion of the lower section 1 to hold the sections together. An envelope l3 of cloth or other suitable cushioning material, preferably colored so as to be undistinguishable in the hair of the wearer is slipped over the completed construction as indicated in Figures 2' and 3 of the drawing. The wide flexible bearing provided by the described construction against the head of the wearer obviously distributes and equalizes the pressure of the free end of the band or strap 8, and relieves the acute and sometimes painfully confined pressure of the unequipped free end of the band or strap as usually used in hearing devices and in telephone head sets.

Although there is shown and described herein a preferred embodiment of the invention, it is to be definitely understood that it is not desired to limit the application of the invention thereto, except as may be required by the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having described the inve as new is:

1. In a headband for a hearing aid or the like, a widened pressure terminal on one end of the band for uniformly distributing the pressure of said end against the head of the wearer comprising a pair of oblong plates extending along opposite sides of said band and having lower ends connected together and straddling said end of the band, said plates having upper ends extending in one and the same direction, the upper end of one plate including a reduced portion with side arms folded around the edges of said band to secure the same to the band, the upper end of the other plate having an opening therein through which said band is inserted.

2. In a headband for a hearing aid or thelike, a widened pressure terminal on one end of the band for uniformly distributing the pressure of said end against the head of the wearer comprising a pair of oblong plates extending along opposite sides of said band and having lower ends connected together and straddling said end of the band, said plates having upper ends extending in one and the same direction, the upper end of one plate including a reduced portion with side arms folded around the edges of said band to secure the same to the band, the upper end of the other plate having an opening therein through which said band is inserted, and an envelope of cushioned material forming a pocket sleeved over said plates.

3. In a head-band for a hearing aid or the like, a widened pressure terminal on one end of the band for uniformly distributing the pressure of tion, what is claimed said end against the head of the wearer coming in one and the same prising a pair of oblong plates extending along opposite sides of said band and having lower ends connected together and straddling said end of the band, said plates having upper ends extenddirection, the upper end of one plate including a reduced portion with side arms folded around the edges of said band to secure the same to the band, the upper end of the other plate having an opening therein through which said band is inserted, the upper end of the plate with the reduced portion being provided with tabs at opposite sides of said portion folded over the upper end of the other plate to connect said upper ends together.

WILLIAM E. MORGAN 

